The most beautiful experiment
Robert P Crease · Physics World · 2002
See ”The double-slit experiment“ on p15 When I asked readers earlier this year to submit candidates for the ”most beautiful experiment in physics“ (Physics World May p17), I was pleased to receive more than 200 replies. The responses covered a broad spectrum, ranging from actual experiments to thought experiments, and from proposed experiments to proofs, theorems and models. However, one experiment – the double-slit experiment with electrons – was cited more often than any other, receiving a total of 20 votes.